Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)

SFO vs Radious

The two big overhauls of Total War: Warhammer III, each read from its own files and laid over the game's patch 9.0.4 the way the game loads a mod — so every number below is the mod's as published, and the table first says how far each is updated for the patch.

Where each stands

SFORadious
Last Workshop updateOct 2, 2026Aug 2, 2026
Title saysUPDATE IN PROGRESSUPDATE IN PROGRESS
Tables older than 9.0.415 of 3368 of 241
Game tables it replaces whole (data__)20: 19,243 of the game's rows gone23: 17,510 of the game's rows gone
Game units out of custom battlenone85
Units changed2,3322,339
New units172619
Skills, buildings, techs… changed10,5948,483

Units by race: vanilla, SFO, Radious

A typical unit under each

Computed: for each stat, the median of mod ÷ vanilla over the units the mod changes.

StatSFO vs vanillaRadious vs vanilla
Models×1.17 (+17%) 521 units×1.33 (+33%) 146 units
Health×1.31 (+31%) 2,255 units×1.25 (+25%) 2,266 units
Armour×1.10 (+10%) 992 units×1.23 (+23%) 2,264 units
Melee attack×1.09 (+9%) 1,797 units×1.05 (+5%) 1,916 units
Melee defence×1.05 (+5%) 1,789 units×1.18 (+18%) 2,118 units
Base weapon damage×1.14 (+14%) 1,960 units×1.13 (+13%) 2,088 units
Armour-piercing damage×1.11 (+11%) 1,933 units×1.09 (+9%) 2,051 units
Speed×1.05 (+5%) 1,640 units×1.03 (+3%) 605 units
Leadership×1.06 (+6%) 905 units×0.98 (-2%) 889 units
Campaign cost×2.06 (+106%) 1,927 units×1.10 (+10%) 1,599 units
Multiplayer cost×1.16 (+16%) 1,831 units×1.18 (+18%) 1,996 units
Upkeep×1.16 (+16%) 1,560 units×0.51 (-49%) 1,970 units

Best faction in each

Each race's best unit for the gold by role under each mod's numbers, top five (the full lists: SFO, Radious). Card values only, every model fighting, multiplayer gold — the assumptions on those pages.

Hardest-hitting infantry for the gold

SFO

  1. 1The EmpireFlagellants
  2. 2SkavenPlague Monks
  3. 3Dark ElvesWitch Elves
  4. 4Vampire CoastZombie Pirate Deckhand Mob
  5. 5Undead LegionsZombie Pirate Deckhand Mob

Radious

  1. 1BretonniaFoot Squires
  2. 2Chaos DwarfsSavage Orc Slaves
  3. 3The EmpireGreatswords
  4. 4Vampire CountsGrave Guard (Great Weapons)
  5. 5LizardmenHonour Guard of Hexoatl (Clubs)

Longest-lasting infantry for the gold

SFO

  1. 1DwarfsIronbreakers
  2. 2Grand CathayTerracotta Automatons
  3. 3Chaos DwarfsGoblin Labourers
  4. 4SkavenSkavenslave Spears
  5. 5Warriors of ChaosChaos Warriors of Nurgle

Radious

  1. 1BretonniaPeasant Mob
  2. 2DwarfsIronbreakers
  3. 3High ElvesNightelm Spearmen
  4. 4Tomb KingsSphinx Legions of Numas (Halberds)
  5. 5Warriors of ChaosAspiring Champions (Great Swords)

Best ranged unit for the gold

SFO

  1. 1SkavenRatling Guns
  2. 2Grand CathayIron Hail Gunners
  3. 3LizardmenChameleon Stalkers
  4. 4DwarfsThunderers (Drakeguns)
  5. 5NorscaNorscan Ulfhednar

Radious

  1. 1Vampire CoastSkullrammer Zombies (Hand Cannons)
  2. 2DwarfsThunderers (Grudge-Rakers)
  3. 3SkavenRatling Guns
  4. 4The EmpireImperial Engineers (Repeating Rifles)
  5. 5Grand CathayIron Hail Gunners

Hardest-hitting cavalry for the gold

SFO

  1. 1NorscaKurgan Horsemen
  2. 2GreenskinsOrc Boar Boy Big 'Uns
  3. 3Vampire CountsHexwraiths
  4. 4Undead LegionsHexwraiths
  5. 5Wood ElvesWild Riders

Radious

  1. 1KislevThe Things in the Woods
  2. 2NorscaKurgan Horsemen (Dual Weapons)
  3. 3GreenskinsBloody Boar Boyz
  4. 4Warriors of ChaosChaos Chosen Knights (Axes)
  5. 5Daemons of ChaosBloodcrushers of Khorne

Best monster against large targets for the gold

SFO

  1. 1Vampire CoastAnimated Hulks
  2. 2Undead LegionsAnimated Hulks
  3. 3Daemons of ChaosChaos Furies (Slaanesh)
  4. 4SlaaneshChaos Furies (Slaanesh)
  5. 5NurglePlague Ogres (Great Weapons)

Radious

  1. 1Ogre KingdomsOgre Bulls (Great Weapons)
  2. 2Warriors of ChaosPlague Ogres (Great Weapons)
  3. 3NurglePlague Ogres (Great Weapons)
  4. 4Vampire CoastHulks of the Deep Sea
  5. 5KhorneOgre Berserkers (Great Weapons)

Each mod on its own: what SFO changes, what Radious changes. Both are made by their own teams; this page only reads their published files.